Armijo
United States v. Armijo
Opinion
Lead Opinion
Hoffman, J.
The principal controversy in this ease relates to the location of the southwestern line of the approved survey. It is contended that that line should be located at the Arroyo Seco, a small affluent of Suisun creek, and so as to include a considerable tract of land to the south of the line fixed by the official survey. The land thus sought to be included is confessedly within the limits of the official survey of the Suisun rancho, and of the patent issued in pursuance thereof to the owners of the latter. It is not pretended that the land in question is not within the limits of the Sui-sun rancho as described in the grant and on the diseño, nor on the other hand, that the survey of the Armijo rancho, which is now objected to, is not in like manner within its exterior' boundaries. On referring to the diseños, it is seen that they represent, to a great extent, the same tract of land — -that indicated on the Armijo diseño being from twelve to twenty leagues, and that represented on the Suisun diseño being from eight to ten leagues in extent. The grant to Armijo was for three leagues, and he is entitled to that quantity, to be taken within the exterior limits. The grant to Solano of the…